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Today that would be you need to consider being a team player."Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns."
Why? Because we must love others as we would want to be loved. The failure to do so ends in hypocrisy. These scriptures come to mind.Why ?
Is that how they all did throughout Scripture ? (God's appointed men and women)
I think not.
(not approving of anything personal either , attack or blessing; - only as the Father in heaven directs)
Ignore it. A while later, have an important talk with her. Look her in the eyes and tell her that you know that she was angry and said something she really didn’t mean. Tell her you know that deep down, she really does love you, just like you love her.What do you say to a four year old who hasn't got their own way so has said
'I hate you now mummy'
(So far I have pretended to be sad about it and explained it hurts.
Then the last 3 times I've said 'It doesn't hurt any more because you've said it too much. Saying that you hate me won't get you what you want.')
Acting sad or showing emotion is counterproductive. Be the adult.What do you say to a four year old who hasn't got their own way so has said
'I hate you now mummy'
(So far I have pretended to be sad about it and explained it hurts.
Then the last 3 times I've said 'It doesn't hurt any more because you've said it too much. Saying that you hate me won't get you what you want.')
haha! Definitely not! And no pretend sad stuff either. Rise above it.So no sticking out your tongue?
Why ?
Is that how they all did throughout Scripture ? (God's appointed men and women)
I think not.
(not approving of anything personal either , attack or blessing; - only as the Father in heaven directs)
I like to reply to someone bad mouthing people by bringing up the other persons good qualities. I was in a committee meeting yesterday and they were speaking about an ex member who is still active in the community garden (a subgroup). I piped up with 'he is such an asset and works harder than anyone else. I don't know where the garden would be without him and he has knowledge and expertise that most people don't...'
That stopped it immediately.
Sometimes when something is clearly wrong we need to tell it as it is. Even if it hurts the other party. Don't beat around the bush and say there are two ways to the same thing.
I don't know whether I agree here. If I put on a happy face when telling my kids well done, I think with a young child it's right to look down at the floor and then make your face look as if your slightly sad before saying they said a hurtful thing. I'm not talking about fake crying etc. It helps them connect the emotions. That stops once they are older and thoroughly understand emotions that other people have finer emotions in the same way as them?Acting sad or showing emotion is counterproductive. Be the adult.
What if the "way you want to be loved" is very much in error? What then ?Why? Because we must love others as we would want to be loved. The failure to do so ends in hypocrisy. These scriptures come to mind.
.... since when are those who are messengers called and chosen by God for Himself to speak His Words, His Testimony, His Way,Sure, if your role is a prophet. But if your role is a preacher/ evangelist, you must learn to contextualize. That's not same as a compromise.
... since when are those who are messengers called and chosen by God for Himself to speak His Words, His Testimony, His Way,
since when are those messengers , God's messengers, including teachers and evangelists,
told by God to "learn to contextualize" ? ! (as if by means of "the flesh, which profits nothing")
(instead of speaking His Word as from Him (like when we are called before a judge, as written in Scripture - "do not even think of what you are going to say before the judge, for the words you speak will not be your own but will be the Father's Words spoken through you ")
That's a deeper issue to be sure. A direct answer would actually require a specific example and I would assume the answer would vary in nuance on a case by case basis.What if the "way you want to be loved" is very much in error? What then ?
How about we look at Yahuweh's "Love", as He Loves us, and the Love He requires of all who are His.....?That's a deeper issue to be sure. A direct answer would actually require a specific example and I would assume it would vary on a case by case basis.
Generally speaking however, I believe that how a person defines or perceives the term "Love" first needs to be considered. If Love is viewed as subjective, then even lack of Love/compassion/empathy could account for error.
If a person views love as a personal opinion, then that produces a different outlook than someone who perceives Love/empathy as the Spirit of God, or Word of God, in mankind.
And if we are to get even deeper, I believe that the semantics that occur in language and in thought reveal that two contrary images of god/God will reverse the denotations and connotations of our terms in a right/wrong dichotomy.
"Love is a CHOICE OF THE WILL".How about we look at Yahuweh's "Love", as He Loves us, and the Love He requires of all who are His.....?
In and throughout all Scripture, and history of His revelation / words/ spoken to His people,
and as Jesus declared,
and as the Hebrew people understood,
"Love" is NOT an emotion, nor a feeling, nor an opinion, no, not at all.
Love is a CHOICE OF THE WILL, to chose once for all and continually to DO WHAT THE FATHER SAYS,
always likewise DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR SOMEONE. (I think somewhere in a original word (Hebrew/ Greek) study, or in a footnote/ comment in or about the Bible,
that all Ekklesia are instructed to definitely let others know, as appropriate,
that we are required to do what is best for them - and we already of course willingly and joyously agree with the Father and with the Son to always do what is best for others, being always willingly and joyously obeying the Father : doing what the Father directs us to do, as the Son told us (disciples) to do.
What do you do then when/if "one's image" is very much in error ? (as most of the world's is)"Love is a CHOICE OF THE WILL".
This is true in the sense that in the moral/immoral paradigm as a matter of circumstance we must decide between two perceived options of right and wrong actions. However, as I stated in my prior post, right and wrong are defined by one's image of God/god.
What do you do then when/if "one's image" is very much in error ? (as most of the world's is)
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